Change of the Workplace in the Age of Digitalization: Causes and Consequences

Year 2021, , 97 - 113, 02.10.2021

Abdullah Erol

https://doi.org/10.29224/insanveinsan.963201

Cited By: 2

Abstract

One of the most important effects of digitalisation in the field of labor law is that it eliminates the obligation to do the job in a specific physical space. Many jobs can now be done anywhere, thanks to virtual platforms or environments created over the internet. Although there are positive aspects of working in the virtual workplace, it causes problems that are difficult to overcome, especially in the field of labor law. New ways of working such as crowdwork and crowdsourcing, which emerged as a result of technological developments in the field of telecommunications, virtualized the workplace and caused many regulations established on the classical workplace concept in labor laws to become inapplicable. It is not possible for labor law, whose main purpose is to create an equitable environment between the employee and the employer, to ignore this development and to remain indifferent to the use of the change in the concept of the workplace in a way that will abolish the rights of the employees.

Keywords

Digitalisation, Workplace, Crowdworking, Crowdsourcing, Gig economy

Dijitalleşme Çağında İşyerinin Değişimi: Sebepleri ve Sonuçları

Abstract

Dijitalleşmenin iş hukuku alanındaki en önemli etkilerinden birisi, işin belirli bir fiziksel mekânda görülmesi zorunluluğunu ortadan kaldırmış olmasıdır. Bu makalede, dijitalleşmenin etkisiyle ortaya çıkan değişimin neden olduğu birtakım güncel hukuki problemler ele alınmakta ve bunların çözümüne yönelik önerilerde bulunulmaktadır. Artık pek çok iş sanal platformlar veya internet üzerinden oluşturulan ortamlar sayesinde herhangi bir yerde yapılabilmektedir. Sanal işyerinde çalışmanın olumlu yönleri bulunsa da özellikle iş hukuku alanında içinden çıkılması zor sorunların doğmasına sebep olmaktadır. Telekomünikasyon alanındaki teknolojik gelişmelerin sonucunda doğan kitle çalışması ve kitle kaynak kullanımı gibi yeni çalışma şekilleri, işyerini sanallaştırmış ve iş yasalarında klasik işyeri kavramı üzerine tesis edilen pek çok düzenlemenin uygulanamaz hale gelmesine sebep olmuştur. Bağımlılık unsurundaki aşınmanın doğurduğu bu durumun çağın ihtiyaçları da dikkate alınarak geliştirilecek yeni yorum yöntemleri ve oluşturulacak yeni kavramlarla aşılması mümkün ve gereklidir. Temel amacı işçi ve işveren arasında hakkaniyetli bir ortam oluşturmak olan iş hukukunun bu gelişmeyi göz ardı etmesi ve işyeri kavramındaki değişimin çalışanların haklarını ortadan kaldıracak şekilde kullanılmasına kayıtsız kalması mümkün değildir.

Keywords

Dijitalleşme, İşyeri, Kitle çalışması, Kitle kaynak kullanımı, Esnek ekonomi

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